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Re: Mystery Mailing

1995-10-11 13:28:38
Eric Hilding <eric(_at_)hilding(_dot_)com> expounded thusly:

: I recently met the head of the Silicon Valley  Hi-Tech Computer Crimes
: Division of the FBI at a neighboring Rotary Club meeting after his speech.
: They are apparently very involved with Internet related fraud, etc.  I'm 
: not sure if this "Mystery Mailing" qualifies as some type of crime, but

Eric:

I suspect there is nothing illegal about anonymous unsolicited mail. At 
least not if the contents are "legal". However, I agree it should be 
stopped.

I have a correspondent in Hanoi who pays US$0.22 per K for incoming 
mail. This thing could have cost him $7.00. Incidently, he told me the 
GDP/Cap of Vietnam is $220 (one megabyte).

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